George Carlin in the National Portrait Gallery

So, the Public voted to put George Carlin onto the Recognize wall at the National Portrait Gallery (which is part of the Smithsonian). Here's the picture:



When I heard, I was happy to know about it, though I was hoping for a very large, warmly hued oil painting of him in a t-shirt.

What I found out more recently is that this was based on voting between this image of him, and images or Ellen DeGeneres, and Groucho Marx. Now, I have enjoyed many of Carlin's albums for many years -- in fact, the first time I'd heard Class Clown for a long time, I was driving and had to pull over because I was laughing so hard that I couldn't keep my eyes open. Further, if I had to pick which of these images I liked the best, it would certainly be his.



However, it makes me sad that it's not Groucho, even though I don't much like that picture (and the one of Ellen looks like it's from some kind of ad). Here's my question: why do we have to choose one? Can't they all go up there? In fact, I think they should have a comedy wing. They already have Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, and Harold Morris in Sneaking Through The Sound Barrier at the Air and Space Museum.


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The "No" of Affirmation

Have you ever heard anyone, including yourself, begin an affirmative response to a statement with the word "no"? For example:

Person 1: I think Idiocracy is hilarious.
Person 2: No, I do, too.

I promise you -- you have. It's an interesting phenomenon, since the statement is one of agreement or affirmation, yet it begins with a term of disagreement or negation. Why, you may ask? I have asked as well. Habits of speech? I would say so.

In any case, now that you've heard about it, you can start listening for it. You may be surprised at how often you hear it -- I was (especially from myself).

You may think this topic has no place here, but my experience has been, since I noticed this, that when I hear it, I find it rather amusing. Hence, the location. (Everything but this paragraph cross-posted at geekiness...)

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favorite Daily Show bits, number 6

This one isn't political, but it's certainly good. It's even hard to explain logically, so just feel it -- and enjoy the Yakety Sax. It's How I Meteored Your Motherland, from February 2013.

Jon's impression of an unfazed Russian cow.

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favorite Daily Show bits, number 5

Speaking of Sarah Palin (as in "favorite Daily Show bits, number 4"), this is a particularly good one, in which Jon explains why Sarah Palin is so divisive: it's Sarah Palin's Folksy Word Salad, from June 2011. I particularly like when her voice goes up in pitch as she says "his horse through town," which, to me, is the giveaway that she knows she's BSing.

She's making his brain hurt.

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